We have been informed by Epsilon, the vendor that sends email to you on our behalf, that your e-mail address may have been exposed by unauthorized entry into their system.</p>
<p>Epsilon has assured us that the only information that may have been obtained was your first and last name and e-mail address. REST ASSURED THAT THIS VENDOR DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO OTHER MORE SENSITIVE INFORMATION SUCH AS SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR CREDIT CARD DATA.</p>
<p>Please note, it is possible you may receive spam e-mail messages as a result. We want to urge you to be cautious when opening links or attachments from unknown third parties.</p>
<p>In keeping with standard security practices, the College Board will never ask you to provide or confirm any information, including credit card numbers, unless you are on a secure College Board site.</p>
<p>Epsilon has reported this incident to, and is working with, the appropriate authorities.</p>
<p>We regret this has taken place and apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. We take your privacy very seriously, and we will continue to work diligently to protect your personal information.</p>
<p>YES. I have the same question! Is this legit? I got the email that you posted.
I also received another email that is similar today from NY& Co.???</p>
<p>Got this too! I wonder if it’s legitimate?
If it isn’t then that’s great but if it is then I guess there is nothing we can do?
I remember receiving mail from this company when I signed up for my ap exams…</p>
<p>Looks like it’s legit and all over the Net. Google “Epsilon email breach.” Citibank, JP Morgan Chase, Kroger, Tivo, etc. possibly affected. Epsilon is a huge email marketing company.</p>
<p>I started receiving spam emails about a year ago on my 5 year old email account. The email I used was 100% clean, I never had spam mail until that day. It was very strange because the spammer knew my full name AND that fact that I was a student (I was getting TONS of financial aid related spam). I suspect this is not the first time Epsilon experienced a security breach. I’m a college student now, I registered for the SAT years back and I still get college related spam mail! I honestly hope our other personal information really in fact did not get leaked.</p>
<p>I’m surprised the entire CC community is not freaking out about this. I expected more than 7 people on this post haha. I guess it’s not that big of a deal, or maybe people don’t care to check their email anymore.</p>